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They're consistently speeding, cutting me off, and generally being a nuisance, but yesterday's takes the cake.
I was waiting at an intersection to turn left (Riverside onto Ben White, for anyone who's from around here) where the street I was on widens to 4 lanes:
1: Far left: dedicated left turn.
2: Inside left: left turn, or go straight.
3: Inside right: dedicated go straight.
4: Far right: dedicated right turn.
The inside lane is the one that splits to make the street 4 lanes instead of 3, and there were enough of us waiting to turn left from lane 2 to block the split for people who wanted to go straight from lane 3. So this taxi (a) uses lane 4 (dedicated right turn lane, solid lines, NOT a passing lane) to go around everybody, (b) pulls back into lane 3 (dedicated go straight lane), and then (c) cuts me off IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION when I'm turning left so that he can get ahead of me and turn left instead of going straight like the lane he was in demands. I nearly hit him.
Seriously.... If you screwed up, take your lumps, hit the next driveway or the next block, turn around and come back. And if you know you need to turn left, how about waiting your turn in the left-hand lane like all the rest of us poor schmucks who just want to get home without totaling their cars?
I was waiting at an intersection to turn left (Riverside onto Ben White, for anyone who's from around here) where the street I was on widens to 4 lanes:
1: Far left: dedicated left turn.
2: Inside left: left turn, or go straight.
3: Inside right: dedicated go straight.
4: Far right: dedicated right turn.
The inside lane is the one that splits to make the street 4 lanes instead of 3, and there were enough of us waiting to turn left from lane 2 to block the split for people who wanted to go straight from lane 3. So this taxi (a) uses lane 4 (dedicated right turn lane, solid lines, NOT a passing lane) to go around everybody, (b) pulls back into lane 3 (dedicated go straight lane), and then (c) cuts me off IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION when I'm turning left so that he can get ahead of me and turn left instead of going straight like the lane he was in demands. I nearly hit him.
Seriously.... If you screwed up, take your lumps, hit the next driveway or the next block, turn around and come back. And if you know you need to turn left, how about waiting your turn in the left-hand lane like all the rest of us poor schmucks who just want to get home without totaling their cars?